Canadian History Ehx

By Craig Baird

Follow Craig Baird as he explores the good, the bad and the weird of Canada's history from the pre-colonial era to 25 years ago. Whatever you want to know about Canadian history, this is your one-stop... more

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May 02, 2023The Voice of Canada: Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene started his life in Ottawa, and began his career with the CBC as the Voice of Canada. Before long though, he became America's Dad thanks to Bonanza, and cemented himself as one of the most beloved television actors in history.
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*sources*
Newspapers.com

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lorne-greene

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001296/

Queen's University: https://www.queensu.ca/encyclopedia/g/greene-lorne

History of Canadian Broadcasting: https://broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/greene-lorne/

Canada's Walk of Fame: https://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/lorne-greene/

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April 25, 2023The Tragedy and Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
It is the most famous Arctic Expedition in history. Two ships went into the ice with over 120 men. None of the men lived to tell the tale and the ships remained lost for over 150 years.
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*sources*
The Arctic Grail by Pierre Berton

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sir-john-franklin

Parks Canada: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nu/epaveswrecks/culture/histoire-history

Canadian Museum of History: https://www.historymuseum.ca/exhibitions/the-franklin-expedition

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40min
April 18, 2023Violet King: Canada’s First Black Female Lawyer
Violet King was descendant from Black Americans who fled segregation in the United States, and then found racism also existed in Canada. Violet would make her parents and grandparents proud when she became the first Black Canadian lawyer in Alberta and the first female Black Canadian lawyer in Canada.
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*sources*
Newspapers.com

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/violet-king

University of Alberta: https://www.ualberta.ca/en/law/about/news/2021/2/violet-king.html

Legal Archives Society of Alberta: https://legalarchives.ca/violet-king-henry-the-story-behind-canadas-first-black-female-lawyer/

Heritage Calgary: https://www.heritagecalgary.ca/heritage-calgary-blog/violetking

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22min
April 11, 2023The Code Talker Secrecy of Charles Tomkins
Charles Tomkins grew up speaking Cree and English. That bilingual skill would aid him in his life when he helped translate Allied secret messages to and from Cree. Sworn to a secret oath, he kept that secret for half a century.
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*sources*
CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cree-language-used-as-secret-weapon-in-wwii-1.3150324

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/charles-tomkins

Readers Digest Canada: https://www.readersdigest.ca/travel/canada/cree-code-talkers/

Legion Magazine: https://legionmagazine.com/indigenous-war-heroes-part-2-second-world-war/

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20min
April 04, 2023Canada's Battlefield Surgeon: Dr. Norman Bethune
Part of a prominent Canadian family, Dr. Norman Bethune revolutionized battlefield medicine while helping the wounded during the Spanish Civil War. He then went to China, where he helped bring modern medicine to the rural areas. Celebrated in China, he was ignored for decades in Canada.
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Bethune: The Montreal Years by Wendell Macleod, Libbie Park and Stanley Ryerson

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/norman-bethune

Dictionary of Canadian Biography: https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bethune_norman_12E.html

Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/parks-canada/news/2018/06/dr-norman-bethune-1890-1939.html

Legion Magazine: https://legionmagazine.com/in-his-blood-the-life-and-death-of-norman-bethune/

CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/rewind/norman-bethune-china-s-hero-1.2801190

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33min
March 28, 2023Ottawa's Gangs Of New York Era: The Shiners War
For a few years in the 1830s, Ottawa was a very different place. Called Bytown at the time, it was more a Gangs of New York type of place, rather than a future capital of Canada. During the reign of terror of the Shiners, no one was safe from violence.
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*sources*
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Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shiners-wars

Dictionary of Canadian Biography: https://www.biographi.ca/en/topics/topic-match-list.php?id=2316

The Shiners' War - University of Toronto Press

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26min
March 21, 2023When Turtle Mountain Moved: The Frank Slide
On April 29, 1903 at 4:10 a.m., 30 million cubic metres, equaling 110 million tonnes, of limestone rock fell off Turtle Mountain onto the community of Frank, Alberta. It killed upwards of 100 people, and is still the deadliest landslide in Canadian history.
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*sources*
Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frank-slide

Alberta Energy Regulator: https://ags.aer.ca/our-science/turtle-mountain/frank-slide

Alberta Register of Historic Places: https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4665-0225

Canadian Geographic: https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-1903-frank-slide-in-the-shadow-of-the-mountain/

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27min
March 14, 2023Fighting for Workers Rights: Madeleine Parent
For her entire adult life, Madeleine Parent fought for workers right in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. For her efforts, she was jailed, put on trial and vilified in the press. She never gave up, and changed Canada forever.
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Macleans Archive

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/madeleine-parent

Cinema Theque QC: https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/en/dossiers/pionnieres-du-feminisme-et-du-syndicalisme/madeleine-parent-2/

UCFW: https://www.ufcw.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2793:madeleine-parent-november-11-1918-march-12-2012&catid=55:2014-02-25-02-55-15&Itemid=5&lang=en

McGill University: https://200.mcgill.ca/history/madeleine-parent/

CBC: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-labour-leader-madeleine-parent-dies-1.1162485

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28min
March 07, 2023Canada's Largest Mass Execution: The Battleford Hangings
After the Frog Lake Massacre and the North West Resistance, eight Indigenous men were arrested and put on trial. The trial was a foregone conclusion, and all were put to death outside Battleford in 1885. It was the largest mass hanging in Canadian history.
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*sources*
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Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/frog_lake_massacre.html

Parks Canada: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=26

St. Albert Gazette: https://www.stalbertgazette.com/beyond-local/acimowin-opaspiw-society-takes-on-research-about-frog-lake-massacre-10390900

Parks Canada: https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/sk/battleford/culture/histoire-history

Kenton DeJong Travel: https://kentondejong.travel/blog/visiting-the-grave-of-canadas-largest-mass-hanging/

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30min
February 28, 2023The People Who Came For A New Life: The Doukhobors
The Doukhobors came to Canada at the turn of the 20th century, and were welcomed with open arms by Canadians. However, as time went on, their communal living, pacifism and commitment to hard work led to Canadians viewing them with suspicion. Things were not helped when the Sons of Freedom came along.
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*sources*
Newspapers.com

Canadian Encyclopedia: https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/doukhobors

Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/collection/research-help/genealogy-family-history/ethno-cultural/doukhobors.html

Broadview Magazine: https://broadview.org/canadas-doukhobors-face-an-uncertain-future/

Parks Canada: https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=11572

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